Kelly stared.
"He can't see it," rumbled Garcia. "He's crazy."
"Not too crazy to see this," Fox retorted.
Kelly's head bent forward. His lip quivered. "Home," he mumbled.
Fox jerked, eyes widening. "Hey, Kelly spoke! Did you hear that? He
spoke! First time in two years!"
"Home," Kelly mumbled again.
"No, not home," Fox explained. "It's the only planet of Sirius."
"Hell," said Garcia, "if it'll make him happier, let him think it's
Earth."
"No, it's the only planet of--"
"We can't be saying 'the only planet of Sirius' all the time. We got to
give it a name."
"Home," mumbled the madman.
"What kind of a name would _that_ be?" growled Garcia.
Captain Torkel said, patiently, "Kelly didn't mean that for a name. He
was just saying the word."